Thanks to his early training in architectural drawing, Frederick
Nash earned high praise among the watercolor specialists of the
early 19th century for his detailed topographical views of cities.
Here he uses discrete dots of opaque pigment to give solidity and
clarity to the houses and foreground foliage while masterfully
blending transparent washes of blue, lavender, and gray to create
the smooth surfaces of the sky and water. Like many of his
contemporaries, Nash eventually made the southern coast his
permanent home, settling in Brighton in 1834 and ensuring that
an abundant supply of picturesque coastal views would always be
near at hand.